Poster for C.H. Smith’s Double Mammoth Uncle Tom's Cabin Co.

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Poster for C.H. Smith’s Double Mammoth Uncle Tom's Cabin Co.

1870s

Lithograph

Medium Theater Posters Collection: V06

African Americans were seen as inferior and undignified in mass media. This image of actor Sam Lucas is more dignified that was typical of this period. It illustrates the point that African Americans were slowly receiving more serious roles.

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